UN Secretary-General Tells Council that Commitments and Accountability Are Necessary to Make Human Rights a Reality for All United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today told the opening of the seventh regular session of the Human Rights Council that to make human rights a reality for all,…

The Human Rights Council this afternoon continued with its high-level segment, hearing statements from the Alliance of Civilizations, Croatia, the Netherlands, Slovakia, the African Union, India, Norway, the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Serbia, Sri Lanka, Sudan, France, Japan, Portugal…

Argentina Urges Commencement of Negotiations on a Fissile Material Treaty The Conference on Disarmament this afternoon heard a statement by the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Argentina, Jorge Taiana, in which he set out Argentina's priority disarmament concerns, including nuclear disarmament and…

Marie Heuzé, Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing which was also attended by Spokespersons for the United Nations Conference for Trade and Development, the UN Refugee Agency, the World Trade Organization, the Food and Agriculture Organization, the…

The Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination has considered the ninth to twelfth periodic reports of the Dominican Republic on its implementation of the provisions of the International Convention on the Elimination of all Forms of Racial Discrimination. Presenting the report,…

Postpones Consideration of Overdue Reports of United Arab Emirates, Monaco and Panama The Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination this afternoon examined implementation of the International Convention on the Elimination of all Forms of Racial Discrimination in Gambia, whose second…

The Human Rights Council will hold its seventh regular session from 3 to 28 March at the Palais des Nations in Geneva. The session will be opened by the United Nations Secretary-General, Ban Ki-moon. This shall be followed, from 3 to 5 March, by a high-level segment when dozens of senior…

The Group of 21 and the European Union this morning discussed their views on working on the issue of the prevention of an arms race in outer space at the Conference on Disarmament, while India emphasized the importance of dealing with nuclear disarmament within the Conference. Syria, speaking on…

The Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination has considered the combined fifth to seventh periodic reports of Moldova on its implementation of the provisions of the International Convention on the Elimination of all Forms of Racial Discrimination. Olga Goncearova, General Director of…

The Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination has considered the combined tenth to fourteenth periodic reports of Nicaragua on its implementation of the provisions of the International Convention on the Elimination of all Forms of Racial Discrimination. Presenting the report, Alicia…